Essentially a collection of short stories, this book is for Western novels, what Unforgiven was for the Western movie. Worth every one of it’s Five Stars! Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles by Edward A. Grainger My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was my introduction to the characters of Cash Laramie and Gideon …
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Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles, Vol. II by Edward A. Grainger My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the second volume of stories from Edward A. Grainger a.k.a David Cranmer, and although I gave Vol I five stars too, this second volume has the edge over it’s predecessor in my opinion. Vol …
Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles by Edward A. GraingerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This was my introduction to the characters of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles, and I wasn’t disappointed. A selection of short stories, that show the violence of the old west and the principles that the lawmen of that time …
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My Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars David Cranmer is probably better known as an author and editor of hard boiled noir and as alter-ego Edward A. Grainger the creator of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles. So although not unheard of as a poet – he’s had several pieces included in this collection published separately …
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My Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Jack Laramie is the grandson of legendary US Marshall Cash Laramie (search for this in the sidebar and it should bring up my reviews for those). He is a PI for hire and lives out of the back of his horse trailer. I’ve read these (long) short stories …
Another tale of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles, told at the pace of a galloping pinto. The story starts with a much younger Cash Laramie, making the acquaintance of Esther Traynor, when he steps in to save her life from the menaces of the harsher side of the old west. Moving quickly forward it takes …
Continue reading Book Review: Bullets for a Ballot by Nik Morton
Well here we are, after a month of looking back over my reads of 2011, at my top book recommendation for the year. As I said yesterday each one of the top three is worthy of the top spot in it’s own way, but what gives this one the edge is two-fold. It’s a collection …
So a Big Book Year, what’s that all about? “A Big Year”, refers to the life of a birdwatcher, it’s a year in which a bird watcher will try and see the largest number of species that they can, often within a confined geographic area. As a naturalist I’m familiar with this concept, with friends …
No – Don’t Panic! It is still only Sunday. I thought that I would switch things up this week and post this weeks update on Sunday. It might become a permanent change. It’s really a recognition of how my routines have changed over the past few months. It used to be that Sunday mornings were …
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